The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.
As of Sunday, there are now 144,952 cases, 934 people hospitalized and 2,347 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 1,246 new cases, 4 additional deaths and 98 less hospitalizations from Saturday. Our local viewing area in North Carolina saw 24 new cases and zero deaths reported from Saturday.
A total of 1,924,646 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
8/16/2020
| TOTAL CASES | NEW CASES TODAY | TOTAL DEATHS | NEW DEATHS TODAY | |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 317 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 76 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 166 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 83 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| DARE COUNTY | 212 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| GATES COUNTY | 55 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 401 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 319 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 447 | 4 | 20 | 0 |
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 93 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| LOCAL TOTALS | 2,169 | 24 | 62 | 0 |
